Gary K.
Yelp
Outside of Hunt, Texas, sits Stonehenge II, a copy of the original Stonehenge located more than 3,500 miles away on the Salisbury Plain in England.
My foolish buddies and I decided to go visit Stonehenge II. We slipped out of Austin heading toward the vast waste land of west Texas which is the prelude to the desert that ranges form west Texas all the way to California, with the exception of the hill country around Hunt Texas, our primary destination.
As we traveled west we stopped at Johnson Ranch and Fredericksburg, TX, I had orders from the boss to buy Peaches, lots of Peaches. Which I did.
We finally reached our destination Stonehenge II and Easter Island Heads near Hunt Texas. Yes we have arrived at a replica of Stonehenge in England. The Stonehenge sign told us it was 90% as wide as the original, and 60% the height. The stones are about eight feet tall overall.
As we walked toward Stonehenge II the sky was beginning to darken, there in the mist of the circle were the Druids God worshipers, their frenzied dance was obviously to celebrate the sacrifice of a young lady strapped to the stone with the head mistress looming over the sacrifice the with her arms wide open and chanting in a unknown tongue. The druid slaves were whipped to a frenzy, we grew nervous with the fear we were interrupting a spiritual sacrifice to their Gods, at this instant all chanting stopped and we were noticed by the druids with one wisp of the druid mistress through open her arms and the sky opened and the rain fail with a torrid flash of light, lighting had struck just a few 100 feet away, the thunder followed instantaneously and was deafening, we knew we were all going to die. But the rain stopped as suddenly as it had started. We then saw the video camera filming the action, as it turned out a local school group was filming a movie project assigned to them, we were relieved but not relieved upon. Satisfied we were not going to be sacrificed we took pictures and toured the area.
There is also two 13-ft. tall Easter Island heads that stand a respectful distance on either side of Stonehenge II.
This is a great one day vacation spot to take the family for a glimpse of history. The drive is long but well worth it. You can always stop at Kerrville on the way and see what that city has to offer.
Another thought a great place to have your wedding.
According to Jeff Davis:
"Motorists, who suddenly come upon the Eighth Wonder of the Texas Hill Country, without knowing it's there, are the ones who are most amazed, most excited, most awestruck. It can almost make them think they've been abducted by aliens and re-deposited on Earth in another time, on another continent."
I agree! Daylight hours only. Free!
Directions: 60 miles west of San Antonio, South off I-10, Kerrville Exit 506 to Hwy 39 to Farm Road 1340.
We recommend it.